CHOPS & CHANCES

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XI, Issue 609, 25 September 1902, Page 22

CHOPS & CHANCES

The legislature of British Columbia has refused to grant woman suffrage. Mr F. E. Baume, the well-known solicitor, has decided to contest a city seat at the coming election. ' * By the end of October the final section of the Pacific cable will be completed, and it is expected that the whole work will be finished early in November. « * * * The Acting-Premier has said that he proposes to recommend the Government to take over the complete control of the Te Aroha and Rotorua Sanatoriums. !> * * > » Mr J. M. Shera has formally announced himself as a candidate lor the Parnell seat. Mr Shera’s last seat in ihe Rouse was as one of the City representatives'. * * » At a reception to returned troopers, at Balclutha, afternoon tea was substituted for the custom«py beverages on such occasions. i ■K- # * * . A charge of unnecessary delay in admitting a constable, brought against Andrew Gow, licensee of the Central Hotel, Wellington, was dismissed. Mr Jackson Palmer wants to know if the Government will take over the control of the Te Aroha Domain ancl place it on the same footing as Rotorua. The Tied Houses Bill Committee, after hearing evidence-, have come to the conclusion that the bill would not\ further the interests of hotelkeepers or the general public. > : * * « . Regarding the restrictions against the importation - of grapes ,'rom South Australia. the Minister of Education tns stated in reply to a question, that the Government saw no reason for removing the .embargo now existing. * . * * * It is reported that the Working Men’s Club has purchased a piece of land with frontages to Upper Queen-street and Greystreet, with a view of erecting a building for the club. * * •» The advance of civilisation.—A Wellington fruiterer hailing from the Flowery Land .advertises that he is not the Celestial of a similar name, -who was recently fined for opium smoking. ♦ * * * It is said that the Shah of Persia spent £200.000 during his recent visit to; Paris. * * * * In the local court last Friday a prohibition order was issued against Frederick George Morgan. .* An application for a new hotel license at Millerton, a colliery township, to take the place of a license which had lapsed in another part of the district, was adjourned bv the committee. ’ . *' * * * The old-establishecl mineral water firms, those of John Grey and Sons anc! Mr R. Menzies, of the Thames and Waikato, have keen amalgamated, and will in future be known as Grev and Menzies, Limited. Doctor : “ As a physician I must condemn the use of alcoholic beverages.” Patient: “But you use them yourself.’ Doctor : “ Yes, 'hut not as a physician. When I drink I am nothing but an ordinary human being with a thirst.” • ♦ ♦ • The agitation against the employment of barmaids still continues in Victoria. One speaker at a recent meeting suggested that no barmaid under the age of 40 should be employed. Hotel Waiter . (in .Farmer Giles bedroom) : “ Bless us I What’s this trem.cnxlouH -ringing that's going on ?" Farmer Giles (at the Electric bell) : “ I dtinno. 1 just lost my collar stud, an’ was trying to dig this little one-out o’ the wall with mv knife;” In the province of Padua the price of wine is unprecedontly low, owing to the enormous over-production. In some districts the guests in the inns pay by the hour for the wine consumed. Wine is rarely sold for money, but usually bartered for milk.- maize, and fowls. ■4- ' In the case against Mary Legg, licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel. Wellington, for having soltl' 'liqiior during prohibited hours, a line' of £s'Tos, with Ils costs was. impofsedi A *-ecohfl charge of having exposed (iduor. dor sale-was withdrawn. v' « * * The Collector of Customs in Wellington brought a charge against Arthur R. V. Lod'der of drawing beer from-a cask, without previously defacing the duty stamp. The offence, which was admitted, was. counsel for the defence explained, one of inadvertence. A fine of 20s with 28s costs whs imposed. K

An English paper says : “ Chickens are now plucked in a wholesale manner by the use of pneumatic machinery. There is a receptacle in which the . fowl is placed after being killed, and invo this are turned several cross currents of air from electrical fans revolving at the rate of 5000 turns per minute. In the twinkling of an eye the bird is stripped of its feathers, even to, thy tiniest particles of down,, and the machine is ready for another. * * * * . The ” Wine and Spirit Trade Record writes that in the opinion of the shipper of a prominent brand, the greatest bane of the champagne trade is not the war tax, but the unreasonable price charged for champagne by the West End restaurants. 15s or 16s being, often set down in the bill for wine, which would show a handsome profit at Ils or 12s. It is a great mistake to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.